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The Categorical Impulse - Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior (Hardcover)
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The Categorical Impulse - Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior (Hardcover)
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Classification, as an object of recent anthropological scrutiny
came to prominence during the 1960s, exemplified in the British
(constructionist) tradition by the writings of Mary Douglas, and in
the American ethno-semantics (cognitive) tradition by the likes of
Harold Conklin and Brent Berlin. At the time, these approaches
seemed by turns to contradict each other, or even to exist in
parallel universes. However, over the last 30 years we have
witnessed both a renewed interest in classification studies as well
as a cross-fertilization of these once antagonistic approaches.
These essays by one of leading scholars in this field bring
together a body of influential and inter-linked work which attempts
to bridge the divide between cultural and cognitive studies of
classification, and which develops a more embedded and processual
approach. In particular, the essays focus on people's
categorization of natural kinds as a means through which to obtain
an understanding of how classifying behavior in general works,
engaging with the ideas of both anthropologists and psychologists.
The theoretical background is set out in an entirely new and
substantial introduction, which also provides a comprehensive and
systematic review of developments in cognitive and social
anthropology since 1960 as these have impacted on classification
studies. In short, it constitutes a useful and approachable
introduction to its subject.
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